ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,996, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vehicle charging system through ESS and method and apparatus for managing the same" was invented by Dong Hyun Moon (Gwangju, South Korea), Sueng Ho Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Dong Hwan Kwak (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a vehicle charging system through an ESS, a method and an apparatus for managing the same. The method includes the steps of: confirming the presence of a wireless charging vehicle in which the power is charged by supplied wirelessly from the ESS on the road ...